Curtain pole and fixture



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0. F. SOHUMANN.

CURTAIN POLE AND FIXTURE.

Patented June 16, 1885. E 11- fIT-NESSES N. PETERS, PhokhLflhognph-r. Wnhinglou, mc.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO FERDINAND SGHUMANN, OF BROOKLYN, NE\V YORK.

CURTAIN POLE AND FIXTURE.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,094, dated June 16, 1885.

Application filed Marc-112i, 1895.

.T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, O'r'ro F. SCHUMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain Poles and Fixtures, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in curtain poles and fixtures; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of an apparatus embodying my invention, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same, taken on the line x w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective view of one of the leading rings and its carriage.

A represents a curtain-pole, which is preferably circular in cross-section, and is grooved on its upper side, as at a. Flanges a are formed at the upper side of the groove, which project slightly into the groove, as shown. In one end of the groove is fixed a pulley, B, and in the other end thereof is fixed a double pulley, C. Openings 1) d are made in the end of the pole in line with the double pulley, as shown.

D represents carriages, which slide in the' groove a. These carriages are composed of the vertical side plates, e, the transverse connecting-plates f, and the rollers g, which are journaled in the side plates below the plates f. The upper ends of the side plates have arms h, between which rest the curtain-rings E. The rollers g bear upon the bottom of the groove a, and the projecting bosses g/, which are fitted over the proj eeting ends of the shafts of the rollers, prevent the carriages from being lifted out of the groove by bearing under the flanges, a.

By this construction it will be readily understood that the curtain-rings are supported upon the pole without coming in contact therewith, and as the ring-carriages are provided with rollers that run in the groove, that the rings can be moved back and forth upon (No mo'lel.)

the pole with very little friction, and with no bending of the rings on the pole, which is so objectionable a feature in the curtain poles and rings now in common use.

Through the lower side of each of the rings E passes a screw, F, which has an open eye, F, at its lower end. Perforated depending strips G, which, preferably formed of metal, are hooked into the eyes F of the screws F and serve as means for the attachment of the curtains to the rings. Thumb-nuts F are fitted on the screws F, and when lowered on the screws close the openings in the eyes thereof, and thereby prevent the attaching-strips G from becoming detached from the screws,

\Vhen the pole and fixtures are to be used for porticre curtains the rings at the center of the pole (lettered E) form the leading rings, and their carriages D have cordtubcs f secured to the plates f and set-screws f, the points of which enter the tubes at right angles thereto. A cord, H, has one of its ends passed up through the opening I) in the pole over one sheave of the double pulley, through the tube f of the carriage of one of the leading rings, around the single pulley B at the opposite end of the pole, and from thence back through the tube of the carriage of the remainingleading ring, over the remaining sheave of the double pulley, and down through the opening d of the pole. The set-screws f bind the cord to the tubes. By pulling one end of the cord the rings will be moved so as to open the curtains, and by pulling the opposite end of the cord the rings will be moved so as to close the curtains, as will be very readily understood.

A curtain pole and fixtures thus constructed is easy of operation, presents a very ornamental appearance, and the rings are prevented from binding against the pole, and are caused to move easily with the pleats or folds of the curtains, and thus cause the curtains to dispose themselves gracefully when opened.

I am aware that the arrangement of the cord and pulleys for drawing the curtains back and forth on the rod is not new, and this, broadly, I disclaim.

I am also aware that it has been heretofore proposed to construct swivelhooks having open eyes and thumb-nuts on the shanks of 2. The carriages having the rollers, the projecting arms for the curtain-rings, the cord tubes, and the set-screws for binding the cord to the cord-tubes, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the grooved pole, the carriages D having the rollers that work in the groove, and the arms projecting above the upper side of the pole, the carriages I), having the rollers that work in the groove, the arms projecting above the upper side of the pole, and the cord-tubes and set-screws, the rings supported on the carriages between the projecting arms, the pulley B, secured in the groove at one end of the pole, the double pulley O, secured in the groove at the opposite end of the pole, and the cord H, which passes over the pulleys and through the tubes of the leading carriages and is secured thereto by the set-screws, substantially as described. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OTTO FERDINAND SCIIUMANN.

VVitnesses'i RICHARD SOHUMANN, ED. ScHUMANN. 

